Chinese companies will move ahead with a range of projects to revitalize the abandoned Gold Ridge mine on the Solomon Islands' Guadalcanal island as part of a $825 million deal, Reuters reported Oct. 29. The first $200 million phase of the project, which will begin in early 2020, will restart production, but new details indicate that the second phase will include substantial port, railway, road and bridge buildouts that will extend to the nearby capital of Honiara.